John Coney (silversmith)

John Coney (January 5, 1655 – August 20, 1722) was an American silversmith and goldsmith from Boston, Province of Massachusetts Bay.

From the 1690s on, Coney was considered the most important Bostonian silversmith of his day.

[2] Coney also designed a version of the seal of Harvard College.

[3] John Coney was the apprentice of and later brother-in-law to Jeremiah Dummer, the first American-born silversmith.

Many examples of his work, including two sugar boxes and two chocolate pots, are in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.